Recent reviews by Elcandy

At a first glance this game looked like you could just pick it up and play for a bit then put back down and get back to it a few days later. That was definately not the case.

The game features a lot of difficult and challenging content even on 'Normal', don't let the difficulty fool you. Even though the content can be tough at times it keeps you going back for me. It incorporates many timed challenges that either provide a reward or passage to the next part of an area though the ones for items were much more challenging.

Bosses in the game are hit and miss though. Some are down right easy while in other cases you can spend a good hour and get nowhere by the end of it. This could just mean you are going about it all wrong or you are there too early and missed some crutial item along the way that would make things so much easier.

There is a fair bit of back tracking during the game to access areas that were closed off before you gained an ability from later in the game. The lack of a world map however makes it seem like the map look a lot bigger than it actually is. At the same time the lack of a full world map will probably drive you a little insane.

Having played the game with a controller I can say that it is relatively fluid and feels right. I liked how double jump isn't something that is readily available for you at all times. The constant remapping of spells was very interesting as well.

Having finished the game once after a few multiple hour long sessions it still makes you want to go back and play it through again in either a harder setting (trust me normal was difficult already) or finish with other characters.

I would recommend this game to anyone who is a fan of hack and slash/ rogue like games.

As someone who loved stepmania and was addicted to it for a long time this game feels right at home. It includes an interesting mechanic of swapping between windows to attack, defend or regenerate mana which at first takes some getting used to but after that it is like second nature.

The game includes some great soundtracks, and it was sad defeating an enemy early just because the song would end early. The audio goes perfectly with the visual aesthetics of the game and the artwork is truly stunning.

There is some farming involved in progressing through the game but if you play any RPG this is nothing out of the ordinary.

Over all it is unique and lots of fun. great music and highly addictive.